Bibliographic citations
Tamayo, W., (2022). Respuesta de líneas mutantes de Kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus) al estrés hídrico en condiciones de Costa Central [Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/5509
Tamayo, W., Respuesta de líneas mutantes de Kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus) al estrés hídrico en condiciones de Costa Central []. PE: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/5509
@misc{renati/242913,
title = "Respuesta de líneas mutantes de Kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus) al estrés hídrico en condiciones de Costa Central",
author = "Tamayo Fernández, William Giovanni",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2022"
}
The negative damages of climate change in agriculture can be reduced by using underutilized species cultivated in marginal conditions of climate and soil. Among these species the Amaranthus caudatus stands out, for its high nutritional value, tolerance to heat, drought and its ability to thrive in marginal soils. It is indispensable to develop new varieties more adapted to modern agriculture and one of the recognized methods is the induction of mutations that allow improving agronomic characteristics, quality and the response to adverse environmental factors. The effect of water stress applied during flowering in eight mutant lines, the parent material and the Centenario mutant commercial variety was evaluated under La Molina conditions. Two experiments were established, one with optimal drip irrigation throughout the crop and the other with optimal irrigation only until flowering. A randomized complete block design with three replications under La Molina conditions was used. The results showed variation in the response of the mutant lines to drought stress, identifying the mutant lines CICA36 and CICA 54 with the lowest grain yield reduction of 1.38 and 6.23%; respectively, well below the parent material that had a reduction of 46.35%; showing the effectiveness of gamma radiation in inducing mutations that improve tolerance to water stress. In average of the ten genotypes, a reduction was observed for yield, plant height, biomass, days to flowering and days to maturity of 24.82%, 17.80%, 40.77%, 4.33% and 3.37%; respectively, in harvest index an increase of 27% was observed. On average of the genotypes evaluated, the reduction for protein and thousand grain weight due to water stress was 4.59 and 2.94; respectively. In general, an increase in proline content initiated by water stress was observed for almost all Amaranth mutant lines.
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